William Anthony Johnson (October 4, 1956 - March 17, 2022) was a science fiction writer from Webster,

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. His writings often have a "regional" tone influenced by his South Dakota origins. This is particularly true of his story "We Will Drink a Fish Together," which in 1998 won the

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. His 1999 collection is called ''Dakota Dreamin''. Johnson attended the

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where he was the editor of the school newspaper

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. He graduated in 1978 with a degree in journalism. After spending some time employed as a writer he attended

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while continuing to work. He received his Master’s in Business Administration and went on to work in the technology industry. He spent several years at

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in business intelligence and them left to trade financial

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independently. Johnson, who had

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, died on March 17, 2022.

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* Living people American male novelists American male short story writers American science fiction writers American short story writers Hugo Award–winning writers Writers from South Dakota 1956 births University of Iowa alumni Fuqua School of Business alumni {{US-sf-writer-stub